RY ROCKLEN

Ry Rocklen (b. 1978) studied at CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA,1996 - 1998, received his BFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA (2001) and his MFA from the University of Southern California, CA (2006). Rocklen’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Solo exhibitions of Rocklen’s work have been presented at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2014); and the Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX(2010). Rocklen has also been included in several major survey exhibitions, including the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY (2008); Made in LA, Hammer Museum (2012); Murmurs: Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2013); Sculpture from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2016); CURRENT:LA FOOD, Public Art Triennial, Los Angeles, CA (2019); That Was Then…This Was Now, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2008); Red Eye, The Rubell Collection, Miami, FL (2006); and the Athens Biennale 2009 HEAVEN, Athens, Greece (2009). His work is also part of major museum collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, and the Rubell Collection, Miami, FL

Ry Rocklen lives and works in Joshua Tree, California.

Courtesy Wilding Cran Gallery